Improvement in fastenings for neckties



UNITED STATES PATEivlrH OFFICE. l

D. H. TIERNEY, CF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 811,9 74, dated December 15, 1868.

To all whom it may conce/m:

Be it known that I, DENNIS H. T-IERNEY, of Waterbury, in the county ot' New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Necktie-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forxning a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide for the more convenient attachment of the fastener to the necktie and the necktie to the collar of the wearer; and the invention consists in a metallic plate or socket attached to the tie and containing an elastic loop so arranged therein as to afford a greater length of elastic cord with less protrusion of the loop, whereby the same may be more readily attached to the tie and whereby the tie may be more readily and securely attached to the collar of the wearer than by the ordinary fastener.

Figure 1 represents a view of a necktie fastener constructed according to my invention attached to the tie. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section of the same, illustrating the manner of attaching the same to the tie. Fig. 3 represents an under side or rear view of the same detached from the tie, illustrating the manner of securing the elasticcord thereto. Fig. 4 represents an ed gewise view ofthe same, and Fig. 5 represents the blank form of the plate as cut from the metal.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A is a metal plate, stamped or otherwise produced from a thin plate of suitable metal into a formation as shown at Fig. 5, with points c c' c', lips a a, shoulders e e, and lower extension, b, all for a purpose hereinafter explained.

Bis an elastic cord, of such length that with its ends placed against the inner surface of the upper end of the plateA its central portieri or loop, f, will extend slightly below the lower extremity of the said plate in the form of-a loop. The said ends of the elastic cord B are secured to the plate A at the above-described locality by the bending over of the lips or clamps a a, so as to clamp the said ends and secure the same flrmly to the plate. The edge of thelower extremity of the plate A is caused to be bent or doubled back, as shown at b, Fig. 3, or otherwise rounded, as may be desirable, so as to present a smooth edge for the sliding over of the elastic cord, thereby preventing the too great wear of the same.

c c c are pointed projections provided upon the upper end and near the lower extremity of the said plate A, and are bent at right angles to the flat surface of said plate, for attachment thereof to the neckte by the penetrating and clinching of said points through the texture of the tie, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The lower projections or p0ints,c c','are provided-with shoulders e c, also bent at right angles to the plate, along with the said projections or points, so as thereby to prevent the penetration ofsaid points far enough to cause the binding of the elastic cord between the inner surface of the plate and the rear surface of the tie. The plate thus secured to the tie forms a socket, through or within which the looped cord works, and

through the bottom of which the loop protrudes in such manner as to provide for the extension of the whole length ofthe loop from its upper end, and so afford facility for the attachment of the loop to the button or stud of the shirt or collar; but when the tie has been secured it shortens the effective length of the loop, which is only the part below the plate or socket, and so secures greater security of at' tachment.

This fastener, applied to the tie as described, is operated in the attachment of the tie to the wearer in the ordinary way, by passing the loop over the button of the collar.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to have secured by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the elastic loop B within the socket A, and secured therein in such manner that that portion within the socket, as well as the outer portion, may be capable of extension and retraction, substantially as set forth.

D. H. TIERNEY. 

